On Wednesday, March 24th, the Toledo Mud Hens held their annual 'new food' press conference. The cameras were clicking furiously as the Fifth Third Fanatic Freeze sundae (15 scoops of ice cream!) was topped off and carried to the table to be displayed. V/Gladieux General Manager Craig Nelson said, "This year the big item is the 'Fifth Third Fanatic Freeze Sundae' which is fifteen scoops of Toft’s ice cream served in a full size souvenir helmet for $25. It will serve 1 to 8 fans, you can enjoy by yourselves if you love ice cream or share with family and friends."
One of our favorite Blueskiers, Will, dropped a comment the other day challenging Bmase and Motay to take the challenge laid down by the Toledo Mudhens. I'm excited to see this whether or not it is individual or in a head to head battle but I just want to see who is the grossest person ever birthed from Michigan's loins. If the two of them show up at a game together and battle it out I am willing to pay for tickets and the $50 dollars worth of icecream to see who will die first. My guess is that if Motay and Bmase take on this challenge at the same time they will both hit the wall after 10 scoops of ice cream and Motay's pure craziness will carry him to a 2 scoop victory over Bmase. I will however refuse to pay for any of the above mentioned icecream or tickets if at least one of these John Olerud helmets isn't licked clean when it's all said and done.
JBS.com is proud to announce their first ever movie night. Now Showing.....
REQUIEM FOR DETROIT
After watching part 1, I don't know whether to cry or beat off. This is what I'm talking about when I mention raw thrills. Do yourself a favor, grab a 12 pack of Stroh's, kick back, and let your guard down. This film will consume you. After only 10 minutes, this has surpassed "Net Worth" and become my favorite movie of all time.
Next Wednesday.....Part 2 - Requiem for Detroit (no cheating)
A 45-year-old man is charged with having child pornography on a laptop computer that police said he left in a garbage bag in a wooded area in Sterling Heights. Alan E. Erickson of Sterling Heights is charged with one count of using a computer to commit a crime and five counts of possession of child sexually abusive material, officials said. Erickson was arrested without incident March 25 at his place of employment in Clinton Township. Police received a report from a resident July 16, 2009, that a man entered a wooded area near Butler and Wessel carrying a black garbage bag that he took out of the trunk of his vehicle. Officers checked the area and found the bag, which contained a laptop computer and other unidentified items, police said. Police analyzed the computer and found child pornography on it. They identified Erickson as the probable owner of the laptop and the man who left it in the wooded area.
First Mateen can't drive around Michigan buzzed, and now we've lost all privacy when dumping our underage smut filled computers deep into the forest. What the fuck is going on in this state? What the hell are we supposed to do with them? Delete the file? Come on, then you have to go into the recycle bin and delete that, and it becomes this whole to do. I was very comfortable with the system we had in place in this once great state. You download porn and after finishing your business, you start debating the age of the young lady in the video. You start to panic, toss your comp in a black garbage bag and sprint into the woods. You then place the bag gently alongside a tree and let nature run its course. We've all done it.
Photo courtesy of Channel 955 - Detroit's Hit Music Station
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan's ground game has taken another hit. University of Michigan police are seeking suspects after someone cut a piece of the block 'M' from the football field at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. U-M Police spokeswoman Diane Brown said a 6-inch by 4-foot piece of the artificial turf was taken from the stadium between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 11:30 a.m. Monday. She said the stadium is locked during weekends. Brown estimated damage at about $1,000. The iconic stadium has been undergoing a $226 million renovation. Construction began the day after the Wolverines lost at Ohio State in November 2007 and is expected to be completed by June.
No suspects yet in this heinous crime against humanity. The police are interviewing people at the scene and have come up with this sketch of a shady S.O.B seen aimlessly walking near by the stadium, probably searching for drugs cus the dude looks like a crack fiend. Here's the sketch:
I'm also not ruling out the possibility that it could've been this leprucaun from Alabama as well.
Yahoo Sports- You gotta hand it to Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage. (He's the one in the photo that's not Carl Edwards.) The man knows how to get press for his track. On Tuesday morning, Gossage offered the host of a Dallas country music station $100,000 to change his name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com for one year and get a permanent TMS tattoo. Terry Dorsey, a DJ on 96.3 KSCS, has exactly 24 hours to make the decision. If Dorsey goes through with the stunt, then Dallas listeners will tune in to TexasMotorSpeedway.com in the morning until 2011.
This is a god damn no brainer if you ask me. It sounds like the kind of shit I dropped on kids when playing truth or dare in 7th grade. Either tell us who you like or you gotta where a tutu to school and let everyone call you tinkerbell for a year. Now that shit would suck, but changing your name to texasmotorspeedway.com and getting a tattoo ain't nothing. I already have a crappy name and a trashy tattoo so I think this dude would be just doing me a favor. And throw in 100,000 grand to boot, shit, I'd change my name to dick trickle and get a dong tatted across my forehead for that kind of money. I'm just pissed I didn't think of this first. Bmase, how many big macs are we talking for you to seriously consider changing your name to joeyblueskies.com and inking it somewhere across that DFB (disgusting fat body) of yours? Im guessing we would at least get a story on Fox Sports Detroit where John Keeting is acting all disgusted and appalled that someone would do this. Could be great fuckin press. Let me know, I got a good tat guy. He's got a face tattoo so you know he's legit.
Just think about how much money this guy could have made if this shit said Pepsi and Home Depot instead?
Seriously Bro? This is exactly what you don't do. I know Adam Lambert got to the finals last year, but he didn't win. And he was 100X better than Kris Allen. Not sure who your mentor is, but they are putting you in awful spots, and you in turn, are making awful decisions. You're lucky you dominated on stage tonight, and that should give you one more week. But that wave will be your downfall.
So Stella had her 6 month checkup on Saturday and I was informed that she could lose a pound or two. And right then, my world came crashing down. I had no idea what I was doing. She likes Big Macs, so I give her Big Macs. I don't know any better. And now my daughter is the fat girl on the block. Do you have any idea how that reflects on me?
I guess I learned from my mother. Parents typically tend to overfeed their first child. And Jarett was fat as fuck as a baby. Vote Time. Who should be more embarrassed, Stella Mason or Jarett Mason?
If people were watching this game, or it wasn't girls basketball, this may be the biggest blunder of all time. Instead, Dee Dee Jernigan just set her sport back another 100 years. I won't even give the Stanford chick any credit for the ending, because after those layup misses, I disregarded this as an actual sporting event.
PS - this reminded me of myself playing "lightning" in 5th grade missing layup after layup, and having some punk bitch from MCC bury a 3 on me.
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Jeremy Bonderman and Dontrelle Willis have won the final two spots in the Detroit Tigers' rotation. Left-hander Nate Robertson, who was competing with them for those spots, was traded to the Florida Marlins today for a minor leaguer. The move completes the Tigers' 12-man pitching staff. Eddie Bonine wins the last spot in the bullpen.
The Tigers acquired left-handed pitcher Jay Voss from Florida.
Robertson is owed $10 million this season on the final year of his contract. The Tigers will pay part of Robertson's salary while he pitches for Florida, but Dombrowski wouldn't say how much. (Formally, the Tigers said they had sent Robertson and "cash considerations" to the Marlins.)
Foxsports.com's Ken Rosenthal tweeted that the Tigers will pay $9.6 million of the salary.
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said that Willis gained a spot in the rotation "by throwing strikes" in the exhibition season.
Nobody in the AL made 5 IP and 3 ER look harder than Nate. You gotta give him credit, he was above average at being mediocre. I am glad "gum time" can finally be put to rest. Guillen and Dontrelle can start up "cancer time" and get the viewers at home involved. You know I never got big league chew in the home, but can always find a half tin of grizzly under the couch at anytime.
I'm going to send Nate off the only way I know how. Good night sweet prince.
The new odds are out for who will take home the college basketball title (by the way, why isn't this a cup, or plate, or something... does it even have a name?) and Michigan State finds itself at the bottom of the draw.
DUKE 5/4 WEST VIRGINIA 21/10 BUTLER 4/1 MICHIGAN STATE 17/4
The guys in Vegas need to do their research. They must have forgotten about Izzo. Michigan State is -1.5 against Butler. I understand that Butler basically has a home game (but its not that far from Michigan) and has two or three guys who are pretty good (and that one guy, Matt Howard, who grows the Indianastache, first pioneered by Larry Bird,) but Michigan State is a proven bulldozer in the tournament. Get out of their way. I'll take Michigan State.
For all of you who haven't had the opportunity to check out Erin Andrews peephole video like me due to blocked content on your work computer (seems like a restraint on the first amendment) here's some video of her on Dancing With The Stars last night.
Do you think if that stalker had known how low cut this dress was going to be, he would have still taken the risk of getting that video? Yeah, I probably would too. For those tracking DWTS, she scored a combined score of 44, whatever the hell that means. Maybe it was face and body out of 50? The whole thing isn't worth watching, but the first 10 seconds or so is great. Oh and when she does the splits.
Over time there have been some great upsets. USA Hockey beating the mighty Soviets in 1980. The Detroit Pistons destroying the Lakers in a 5 game sweep in 2004. And then there is what happened on Saturday night at the Milwaukee Brat House. Appartently there was just the right amount of beer and brat grease on the gun, and I got beaten in Big Buck Hunter by the one person I need to be in complete control of. My girlfriend Eileen.
We've played before, and its always been "awww good job" or "you almost had him", or my favorite one "atleast you got the critter bonus". But this time, with mountain goats as our prey, Eileen snuck up on me and straight stole a victory. I was a bit worried when I ended our first location with 4 straight perfect sites and was only about 1000 points up on her. Then before I knew it she started getting some consecutive perfect sites of her own, and she took the lead. And then I started pressing, and my biggest fear came to light. I'll let Shane Falco tell you about Quicksand....
I couldn't take a shot at a billy, with a nanny busting ass and diving infront of my kill shots. One empty round led to another and before I knew it I was too deep. While it was a pretty big low in my life, I do think its awesome that my girlfriend enjoys going out and pumping 5 bones in the BBH and housing PBR. I guess I just didn't think I would lose hand so quick in this relationship. Anyways, as terms of the bet that I lost, I will now publish my losing score to the masses. My name is Brian Mason, and I am not smarter than a 5th grader.
Getting alittle off topic at JBS.com, but this is too good not to show. Just found this hidden on my computer and I have watched it maybe 10 times already. Props to Solway, I played with this kid in Green Bay and he atleast had the balls to send me this video some 4 years ago. This might be the worst right hand in the history of right hands. The only way this could of been any better, was if his head actually broke his fall after that missed right.
Just an update, fucking Roadhouse is playing for the Wisconsin River Falls Falcons, while Solway is tearing it up in the CCHA for the Bowling Green State Falcons. Pretty sure one of those is way better than the other. Check out Solway Bertuzzi the shit out of this tender.
While we might knock you down at JBS.com, we pick you right back up. Keep on keeping on Solway.
There’s a report from an Oregon television station that the Ducks are preparing to make a record contract offer to Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo.
This is not surprising, and for MSU fans, it should not be alarming. I cannot imagine Izzo leaving East Lansing for Eugene.
The only reason for Izzo to bolt to Oregon would be a money-grab. Izzo is not immune to financial desires. Despite his common-man persona, Izzo, like most coaches, is well aware of his salary in relation to his peers. And, yes, he does quite well.
But if he wants to take a job for the money, he’ll go to the NBA, where the cash is bigger, the challenge is greater and the damage to his reputation would be minimal. If he left MSU for the NBA, he could say it was for the challenge (which it would at least partly be). But if he left MSU for Oregon, everybody would just say he just did it for the money.
There is one reason, and one reason only Izzo doesn't end up in Eugene. Mariucci will not want to move his family at this point in his life. With their friendship with benefits relationship being put on blast by the free press, a long distance relationship is for sure to only worsen the strain on secret love affair. The last thing I need is Mariucci creating sextingstevemariucci.com and taking Izzo's career right down with his.
In all seriousness, there is no way this happens. Izzo would run our pathetic pistons further into the ground before moving out west to coach pac-10 ball at a questionable basketball school. Who's the best player to come out of Oregon? Fred Jones??
Michigan State secured a spot in its 6th Final Four appearance in the last 12 years yesterday, leaving us at JBS.com to ask: What kind of fucking deal with the devil did Tom Izzo actually make?
I mean, WHAAAAT? The guy doesn't miss. He could have four paraplegics and a deaf mute on the floor and he'd still inspire them to make it rain all over any D-I team at least half the time it seems. What does he tell these guys to get them so fired up, that they can ride a bench half the season and then when it comes to tourney time, they fucking turn it on like Kim Kardashian at a Las Vegas club opening? It can't be that it's the 10th anniversary of the "Flintstones" right, the team that Izzo took to the championship in 2000. It can't be that they got so blown out in last year's Championship game by North Carolina in what was basically a home game that they lost all credibility for their basketball program and that's why everyone is so surprised they're here again right?
So what is it? Please take some guesses in the Comments section.
And on a side note, how about we give some congratulations to the players? Green and Summers both played out of their minds yesterday. Just cus Izzo was there, doesn't mean he was making last second free throws. But if he had to, you know he would make 100 in a row. At least.
Manny Harris announced today that he was skipping his senior season to enter the NBA draft. Really? Really Manny? Cus don't NBA prospects usually leave college on high notes or at least successful seasons, thus increasing their value? I mean sure, you led the Wolverines in scoring, but really? You were a third team all big ten player this year. Last year you were a first team guy. This year, you didn't even make it to the NCAA tourney, nay, even have a winning record. Last year you took it to Clemson and had me wondering whether or not you would come back at all...
And you did. And you stunk up the place. 15-17? Well, enjoy your small paycheck. I mean 18.1 ppg isn't that impressive when you're being fed the ball 9 out of 10 times and the lone exception is a missed 3-pointer you know you have a chance at a rebound for.
I hope you play for the Clippers. There, I said it. Are you happy now?
"U got the keys to the blog. I want 3 posts a day at least to keep the people coming. Step up. Ur funnier than me. Make it happen I'm on vacation."
The only thing I can compare this to is when Mo Lewis kangaroo'd the shit out of Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady starting getting all kinds of ass and winning championships. I've been patiently waiting my opportunity and MMase is going to give me 3 days to run JoeyBlueSkies? Is he serious? Ur funnier than me? Duh. All I need to do is take photos of my becker's nevus and I'll triple the amount of traffic this site gets. But I won't go that route, those are cheap laughs. Instead I am going to hit you with some raw thrills. My unedited, unfiltered rants on all that is Michigan Sports. You might even get an inside glimpse on the current life and where it is heading. And if you dont like me, or have always been jealous of me, then too bad. YOU WILL LISTEN TO EVERYDAMN DAMN WORD I HAVE TO SAY!!
Having said that, I will not be able to blog during the day. It is exhausting and time consuming pretending to work as a telemarketer. However, from 5 pm - til my eyes close, I will give you everything I got. Im coming home with an Angus burger from Mcdonalds, and a few Labatts, and just unleashing on the world. No one is safe.
Later bitches.
PS - I have no idea how to post videos. Hopefully this works
PPS- BMase, you were right about having no idea about how to post a video. I'll be here for the next 3 days holding your hand through the blogosphere. Love, webmaster E.
Yo, I know it would seem like I have more time to write when I'm not working but it never works out like that. I think I'm gonna call Bmase and leave the keys to joeyblueskies under the mat for him so you all don't starve while I'm gone. If shit sucks send all hate mail directly to him in the comment section of his posts. Be back on Wednesday with a bitching Michigan tan and a brand spankin new Tigers hat to kick off the regular season.
I don't know what the hell is going on here. How does a fight between goalies happen before a shootout? Don't get me wrong, I love it and in fact I think there should be a thowdown between tenders before every shootout but I've just never seen this shit happen before. Either way this is pretty fuckin sweet and I love the dude in the white ripping his arm out of his chest protector so he can unleash on the other guy. Best moment comes :52 seconds in when Bmase is getting warmed up for the shootout after the starting goalie gets booted because of this fight. Priceless
After watching maybe the most boring 65 minutes of hockey ever played, the Wings pushed my patience to the god damn limit by taking 11 rounds of shootout to put away the Predators. The night before the Wings couldn't take a shot without scoring a goal while on their way to routing the Wild 5-2, but tonight the offenses were as productive as the Lions at Lambeau.
Eventually Kronwall slipped one 5 hole and Jimmy Howard stopped 10 out of 11 breakaways to capture another 2 huge points. Now it's not a question of getting into the playoffs but how high we can climb. If there was another month left to the season I wouldn't doubt we could catch San Jose for the #1 spot. Only downside to this winning streak is that we are letting the Hawks off the hook and probably won't see them until further down the playoff road.
I'm back in Detroit with the Lady Friend and with no sports to go to (i'm not counting the Pistons) we decided to take in the best of the rest it had to offer. The casinos baby. We rolled my grandma up to a slot machine at the MGM Grand yesterday and then slipped over to the roulette table for about four hours. I came out down a bit and the Lady Friend came out ahead as always. But the real highlight of the day was watching U of M continue to defy the odds and take down Bemidji State 5-1 in the NCAA tournament. This puts them one win away from heading to the Frozen Four which will be held in Detroit at Ford Field. But before we start dusting off our Joey Blueskies jerseys to bust out at the game we have to first take care of business agaisnt a real tough Miami team that beat U of M twice during the regular season. You just have to remember this isn't the same team that limped through the regular season and the Wolverines' team chemistry is at an all time high.
Wings take on the Wild tonight in what I consider a must win to keep pace with our goal of eventually taking over the 5th spot in the West. I know I am being a bit greedy but it's time for playoff hockey and it's time to start acting like it. If nothing else the Wings need to get to OT and continue to get points down the stretch. No let down boys. Lets go.
Michigan faces Bemidji State tomorrow in the NCAA regional semifinal in Fort Wayne, Indiana. If Louie Caporusso and Shawn Hunwick continue their domination look for a U of M win and a trip to the quarter finals.
Game Time - 3/27, 7:30 p.m. TV - Comcast Channel 900
Bmase sent me this shot of a dad with his son at the Tigers/Braves game today and noticed that this dude was pounding a PRB can. Nice fuckin eye Bmase. But there is no way they sell PBR cans at spring training ballparks, right? Cause I know if they gave me a full can of PBR there is no way in hell I wouldn't chuck that thing off Chipper Jones' mellon before the 2nd inning. So he obviously snuck it in. I'm guess he stuffed four cans in those huge ass cargo pockets and jammed another two in his kids diaper. I just wanna know why this guy can't sneak beer into the stadium in a beer belly cooler like a normal person?
PS - Is this guy Brandon Inge's babysitter or what, cause that kid is an exact clone of him? All the way down to the gay ass sunglasses.
I've been dancing around the issue all morning but I think I gotta address that over bet that I missed by 38 points yesterday. The game went exactly as I thought it would with Kentucky jumping out and leading big and then Cornell battling back. I just didn't expect all the turnovers and missed jumpers in the first half. When shit was 12-7 with 7 minutes left in the first half I knew I was straight fucked.
But don't sleep on my Sparty bet tonight. Only thing Northern Iowa is known for is wrestling and ugly chicks with big cans who hang out in cornfields. You dig?
Honestly, I haven't written much about the Tigers in the past few days and the reason is... they've been killing it. I didn't want to jinx it and this is exactly the kind of roll I want them to be on going into the start of the season. Beat down the Blue Jays twice and the Nationals Twice. Austin Jackson broke out of a 1-11 slump from over the weekend to go ape shit and have 7 hits in the next 3. Cabrera and Guillen have started in knocking in RBIs, each with 4 over the last 3.
I swear to god, Dontrelle Willis is going to be in the starting rotation, having another good outing, 4 IP and 1 run. The relief pitchers were the stars this week though, pitching 13 innings and giving up 1 run.
This Detroit team is way more complete than people are giving it credit for. More speed and power at the top of the line up, a stronger bull pen, and for the first time in 4 seasons everyone is healthy. And Mags doesn't have 18 million dollars hanging over his head so he should actually produce this year.
All I'm going to say is get fired up, cus Opening Day is 10 days away.
Man, If you're anything like me you're all fuckin fired up after watching the brawl over and over again this morning. Here is a picture of Dominic Raiola to calm everybody down. No wonder Joey Blueskies loved sticking his hands up Raiola's ass all those years.
Thirteen years ago today, 301 days after Claude Lemieux laid the infamous hit on Kris Draper, Darren McCarty sought out revenge and delivered it with a vengeance. In celebration of the 13th anniversary lets dust off the old brass knuckles and watch the best sports brawl and possibly the best sports moment of all time. There is so much going on during this brawl that you have to watch it over and over to catch everything. You can feel the rivalry in the air before it starts and when Igor gets popped in the head by Forsberg, the always calm and collected Professor decides enough is enough. This is literally the only fight I remember him ever getting in during his entire career with the Wings and it was a hell of a time to drop the gloves. Once Igor and Peter started rolling around on the ice, Darren took the opportunity to lay the fuckin wood to Lemieux's face. Claude hits the ice, turtles and gets pumped by Darren. Besides the initial hit, Darren's best move is when he gets Claude up against the boards and starts kneeing him in head repeatedly. As Patty Roy sees this happening he comes busting ass out to help only to be picked off by my favorite Red Wing of all time Brendan Shannahan. Shannie snipes Roy outta the air like a perigran falcon and then ends up going toe to toe in a heavyweight throw down with Adam Foote. Eventually Vernon gets his ass involved and even though he took a beat down he was able to slip a left that Roy leans into and busts him up pretty bad. They eventually help Lemieux off the ice as he gushes blood all over. In the most entertaining part of the whole ordeal, the linesman goes over to clean up the blood and sprays a bloody mess all over Kurt Maltby's skate at the 7:40 mark. Oh, and watching Marc Crawford scream to the refs at the 8:10 mark that they have no balls and are fuckin f*gg*** was definitely a highlight of mine. I just feel real bad Mickey Redmond had to miss the biggest brewhaha of the season and you know he still festers about that shit until this day.
I seriously get goosebumps from watching this shit. I'm sitting at work right now and almost in tears thinking about the emotion this solicited from the city of Detroit. I miss the days of the true blood rivalry. I just don't know if there will ever be anything like this again in the modern age of professional sports because of the pussification of America. But looking back I can say this was the absolute golden age of Redwing hockey for me. This team was impossible not to love and the Av's were impossible not to hate. We had the finesse of the Russian 5, the grit of the Grind Line, the leadership of Shannie and Yzerman, the hockey genius of Scotty Bowman, the geriatric precision of Larry Murphy, the woodchuck beard of Jamie Macoun, the beer league legs of Joey Kocur and the most lovable goaltending duo of Vernon and Ozzie. I've never been more emotionally attached to any specific team, championship, or footage than this clip and this year.
Here's a clip of Lemieux and McCarty shooting the shit. A lot more corgial after all these years.
Profootballtalk.com - NBC Sports Digital G.M. Rick Cordella gets to attend the Interactive Sports Conference in Las Vegas. Per Cordella's sources in Sin City, cornerback Pacman Jones has agreed to terms with the Detroit Lions, and the move will be announced next Tuesday.On T uesday, Detroit G.M. Martin Mayhew said that Jones "has a skill set" that would help the team, but that a move was not "imminent." It could be that the Lions decided from a P.R. standpoint to let the notion of Pacman joining the team sink in slowly. Swiftly responding to this report, Tom Kowalski of Mlive.com says that a deal has not yet been reached between the Lions and Jones. Presumably, Kowalski is getting his information from the Lions; the folks close to Jones think a deal is done.
I used to believe that if Tom "The Killer" Kowalski said it wasn't so then it wasn't so, but these days it's really hard to tell. I think Killer is so desperate to be liked by the new regime that he will basically be there lacky and say whatever they want him to say. That being said, Killer is still the closest Lions insider we have so I gotta go with him even though my gut tells me to believe the stripper in Pacman's entourage who says he's already got season tickets for the Tigers.
This story is really starting to fuck with me though. I just wanna know. It's a no brainer, right? Bring him in and see what he can do. If he looks shitty cut him. Done and done. Lets go Mayhew. Stop being a pussy and pull the trigger.
I do think it is noteworthy to think about the effect that Pacman may have on Delmas. On the field I can see the two of them just feasting on deep balls and dudes coming over the middle. But off the field I can see these two burning down the city of Detroit. I mean Delmas lived in The Zoo, he could probably teach Pacman a thing or two about strippers. But in my eyes the pros vastly outweigh the cons.
PrideofDetroit.com - The NFL handed out compensatory picks today, and the Lions once again received a supplemental one at the end of the seventh-round. Detroit did not get the extra pick because of free agency or anything like that; the NFL simply needed to add two supplemental picks at the end of the draft to get to 32 compensatory selections. As a result, the Rams were awarded the 254th pick and the Lions received the last pick of the draft -- No. 255.
Ladi frickin da. If this isn't just the worse god damn news of my day I don't know what is. That's all we need. Another Mr. Irrelevant hanging around eating the last bagel at every team meeting. You remember the last time we had the final pick in the draft, 2007, we took Ramzee Robinson and we couldn't shake the guy for like 3 years. He somehow became Marinelli's favorite player and was basically our only constant in the secondary over those few years. And by constant, I mean constantly terrible. He didn't get bounced from Detroit until the Schwartz rolled into Allen Park and mistook him for a valet. Once Jim realized Ramzee was actually on the team and had been for three years, he promptly handed him his pink slip.
PS - No wonder Calvin hasn't reached his potential. Dude lines up across from Ramzee Robinson day in and day out.
I'm heading to the D this weekend with the Lady Friend to visit my grandma and hit up the casino. Gonna be pretty rowdy too. She watches every Tigers game and loves to gamble more than I do. The only difference is that she tends to keep it low stakes. We'll probably end up dropping her off at the penny slots for about 3 hours while we hit up the roulette and blackjack tables.
But anyway I need a bankroll to make this trip worthwhile and luckily God delivered two absolute sure fuckin things on our doorstep this weekend. Normally I would keep these gems to myself cause I don't want the whole world to be knocking down my door when they hit and people want more. But what the hell. I'm feeling generous today.
Kentucky will definitely take care of business tonight against Cornell. Cornell is a smart, disciplined, 3 point shooting team that will most likely try and slow things down and control the tempo. But Kentucky can run like a herd of antelope and there ain't no way Cornell can play that game. Kentucky gets out big early, Cornell battles back with 3's and I like the over of 146 as Cornell keeps it close but eventually falls short.
The Pick: Kentucky/Cornell, Over 146
And since I will be in the great state of Michigan on Friday, there ain't no way in hell Sparty doesn't pull this one out for me. I know there is no Kalin, and I know those big boys from Northern Iowa can play. But Izzo is the difference in this one. I rag on the guy a lot, but there aren't too many other coaches I would want on the sidelines during the tournament.
I know I'm preaching to the choir here but I couldn't be happier with how the Wings are playing down the stretch. They've been on a 9-2-1 run since the Olympic break and look better than they have all year. Sure, last night wasn't the typical puck possession domination that we have become accustomed to seeing in the Motor City but they went out and still got the win without quite putting it all together. Valarie Filpula continued to shine and netted the game winner and added another empty netter. His line of Zetterberg, Bertuzzi, and Filpula has combined for 20 points in the last three games and is just rolling the fuck outta people. There has also been some seriously solid play along the back end with Lidstrom and Rafalski looking as good as ever and Lebda stepping up his game as well. It also doesn't hurt that Jimmy Howard is doing his best Ryan Miller during the Olympics impersonation.
The most recent win puts the Wings at 87 points for the season and 4 points up on Calgary for the 8th spot and just 2 points back of Colorado and Nashville for the 6th and 7th. If the Wings keep there eye on the prize each night and continue to get production from the first two lines I don't think it's far fetched to think they could end up catching LA who owns the 5th spot with 90 points. Which would be huge considering the reseeding done during the NHL playoffs.
Nevertheless, I've still come across a few doubters who are bitching about blowing their wad too soon and being spent for the playoffs. I don't buy into any of that. The Wings have always been fighting for something, whether it was the Presidents Trophy or the 1-2 spot, if there was ever a team capable of playing playoff hockey for an extra month at the end of the season it is this team.
PS - Anyone remember these fuckin clown costumes the Blues were gonna wear until Mike Keenan told the marketing team to go fuck themselves. Good call Mike.
I know this is turning into the Zack Follett and Lindsay Soto blog but I just gotta say damn. Within 30 minutes or so of posting the scavanger hunt question I got an anwser and a cleavage video to go along with it. Fuckin right Blueskiers. This is how it's done. I get drunk, watch sports, take pictures of hot chicks on my TV, post them and you send me more. I think we are starting to get the hang of this.
I got to the "I'm from Cali, you know I like the greenery" part and decided this needed to be sent out. But now I'm like 12 minutes in and he hasn't introduced that smokeshow on the couch yet. Fuck Zack, I love you and all but I don't wanna see your letterman jacket. Show me the what kinda tits and ass you get for being a 7'th round Lions draftee.
Versus had this fine little hunny flaunting her shit all over their broadcast the other night and Hank made sure to take some time between scoring two goals to sneak a peak at the twins.
Babs was a little less discrete with this death stare.
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JOEYBLUESKIES.COM DICTIONARY
Joey Blueskies-A derogatory nickname for Detroit Lions' quarterback, Joey Harrington which came about as fans realized that, no matter how badly he played, Harrington always characterized his performances, and the situation in general, in an extremely positive or "blueskies" manner. Lions Bumaya!- translates to English as "Lions kill him!" and is the rallying cry of any true Lions fan. "Ali Bumaye" was the local's chant before and during the "rumble in the jungle" fight between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman in Zaire in 1974.
Totallyfuckinbelievable- my life sucks so bad that this bullshit is totally fucking believable, hence it's totallyfuckinbelievable. From the root, unfuckinbelievable.
Eating the Cornbread- the undying and undeserved optimism Detroit Lions fans bring to the beginning of each season. If you think the Lions are winning more than 6 games this year you're eating the cornbread.
Rap Videoing- The act of pouring or spraying an alcoholic beverage onto the head or chest of a friend in a celebratory fashion, all the while yelling "Rap Video!".
Lions Sisu!- translates to "Lions need strength of will, determination, perseverance and to act rationally in the face of adversity." Joe Paquette brought the Finnish message with him when he walked from the U.P. to Detroit in order to tell the Lions they need Sisu.
A.O.L.- asses on location. Whenever a blueskier sees a smoking hot ass walking down the street, as a readers fee, it's their responsibility to take a photo of said ass and send it to me at which point I will post it and grade it.
Blursday - drinking so much on a Thursday night that it becomes blurry.
Michigander- the preferred nomanclature when referring to anyone from Michigan. Beat out Michiganian in our official jbs.com poll
